Sam Altman Feels ‘Politically Homeless’ As Frenemy Musk Proposes Third Occasion

Sam Altman is grappling together with his political alignment. The 40-year-old CEO of OpenAI, like lots of his fellow tech executives in recent times, has expressed that he doesn’t really feel at house within the Democratic Occasion or the Republican Occasion. In an extended post on X, Altman lamented the truth that he’s now “politically homeless” and yearns for a technocratic utopia—one thing his as soon as pal and present rival Elon Musk has additionally been calling for together with his push to kind a 3rd get together. Hmm…attention-grabbing timing, yeah?

Altman, who claimed in his publish that he’s “not massive on identities,” mapped his political evolution over the past couple a long time—or moderately, how political events have advanced to maneuver away from him. “The world ought to get richer yearly by science and know-how, however everybody needs to be within the ‘up elevator,’” he wrote. He additionally articulated his beliefs that free markets are extra environment friendly than authorities, that innovation and entrepreneurship are vital, and that schooling is essential to America sustaining its edge. Fairly conventional libertarian fare, frankly.

“I believed this once I was 20, once I was 30, and now I’m 40 and nonetheless imagine it. The Democratic get together appeared fairly aligned with it once I was 20, dropping the plot once I was 30, and fully to have moved some place else at this level. So now I’m politically homeless. However that’s high quality; I care a lot, far more about being American than any political get together,” Altman wrote.

I’m not massive on identities, however I’m extraordinarily proud to be American. That is true every single day, however particularly at present—I firmly imagine that is the best nation ever on Earth. The American miracle stands alone in world historical past.

I imagine in techno-capitalism. We should always encourage…

— Sam Altman (@sama) July 4, 2025

Altman, a billionaire, mentioned that he’s extra concerned with candidates who need to “make everybody have the stuff billionaires have as a substitute of how they will eradicate billionaires.” And it’s clear that he thinks the path to that end result is techno-capitalism, an ideology that he explicitly endorses within the publish. “We should always encourage individuals to make tons of cash after which additionally discover methods to extensively distribute wealth and share the compounding magic of capitalism.”

As Altman seeks a house for his capitalist utopia, a imaginative and prescient the place markets purportedly redistribute wealth moderately than permitting a choose few like Altman to hoard it (he does know he can simply give his away if he needs, proper?), his former OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk has returned to dabbling with the formation of a 3rd get together. This push is spurred by Musk’s ongoing opposition to President Donald Trump’s “One Massive, Stunning Invoice,” which he argues  will add to the deficit.

“Independence Day is the right time to ask if you’d like independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system! Ought to we create the America Occasion?” Musk asked on X. He’s been kicking round this “America Occasion” concept for a couple of month now, claiming that it’s going to characterize the “80 % within the center” whom he believes are at the moment with out adequate illustration from Republicans or Democrats. The origin of that 80% determine is unclear. A Pew Research poll, for instance, discovered that 25% of individuals say neither get together represents them, 37% wished there have been extra political events to select from, and 26% believed extra events would assist resolve the nation’s issues.

Independence Day is the right time to ask if you’d like independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system!

Ought to we create the America Occasion?

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 4, 2025

It’s additionally price noting that whereas Musk claims his “America Occasion” would characterize a majority of individuals, he hasn’t actually issued any coverage positions or founding rules for the get together. Presumably, it’d have a good quantity of overlap with Altman’s basic libertarian-leaning beliefs, which regularly framed as “frequent sense” ideologies. According to Politico, fellow tech bro Andrew Yang has reached out to Musk to push a third-party collaboration, doubtlessly utilizing his “non-partisan” Ahead Occasion as a mannequin.

Frankly, you’d be arduous pressed to discover a single problem that 80% of Individuals all agree on, not to mention sufficient of them to function the inspiration of a political get together. However having a celebration of their very own will surely make it extra easy for the Musks and Altmans of the world to push their most well-liked pursuits. After all, they’d must settle their own disagreements first.